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Welcome to 2010!

New Year's Review: Ah yes, another year is upon us. Boy, time flies! Hopefully everyone got a piece of the New Year's EXTRAVAGANZA last week, with well over 500 people in the house! (Two floors, filled of course.) The hotel was sold out, and it was a grand time. Photos are floating around the internet.

Caribe Continues Tonight! New Lessons Format:Caribe continues to rage each week, with a full house week after week. What to expect: friends, exercise, great music and dancing, lessons, & easy everything-else: what more can you ask for?! See you tonight!

Addressing an interest by people to mix it up a bit, MetaMovements, our resident dance instruction company, is now going to offer a four week rotation of different latin dances in the 8-9pm time slot. From 9-10 will be Salsa as usual.

Havana Club this Fri. & Sat. Conveniently located in the heart of Central Sq. each weekend. Save the date: next Sat. is our joint Hips on Fire Farewell party!

Club Caribe Thursdays is Hopping!"THE Thursday Night Hotspot for Salsa, Mingling, Great Friends, and Great Times!"
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We are now offering two hours of lessons with MetaMovements at Club Caribe Plus, Boston's Hot Salsa Spot will be staying open generally until 1:30am if the crowd so demands.
8pm: Mixed Latin Dance Lesson (rotation of Merengue, Bachata, Casino Rueda, and Cha Cha, different each week), Beginner and Intermediate Levels
9pm: Beginner and Intermediate Salsa
10pm-1:30am: Dancing!

- Cover charge is $10 ($8 with valid student ID)
- each lesson will be $5 additional
- beginner and intermediate levels with be concurrent. You can go back and forth if the level is too hard or easy.
- our 2-for-1 discount still applies to the cover charge (before 9:30 only) and the 9pm beginner lesson. So that means the cover charge would be $5 pp, and either $2.50 pp for the beginner lesson or $5 pp for the other lessons. See the website to RSVP for the discount.

Club Caribe at the Courtyard Marriott
777 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
Free Parking (hotel garage, or until 1:30am at Trader Joe's)
2 Hrs of Lesson with MetaMovements at 8pm
Dancing until 1am+
Cash Bar
$10 Cover ($2 off with student ID), $5 per lesson (see website for discounts)
All ages welcome

Got a Group, Need a Party?We can help. Click here for the new group info page for SalsaBoston events and we'll set it up for you!

The SalsaBoston Facebook groups continues to grow! If you're not familiar with Facebook, it's the premier internet way to keep up with your friends and what's going on--literally keep up with the Jones'...! With over 10,000 people on the SalsaUpdate list, I'm looking forward to seeing what happens. Click here to join.

Welcome to Club Caribé, Boston's newest upscale Salsa/Latin hotspot! Resident DJ's Hernan and D. Martinez are in the house spinning the best of Salsa, plus frequent special night and promotions. The party is hopping!

- Free appetizers
- Coat check & Cash Bar
- Big space, so no line to get in.
- Free Parking: if the hotel lot is full, the hotel has an agreement with Trader Joe's, so there is plenty of additional parking there.

Club Caribé
at the Courtyard Marriott/Cambridge
777 Memorial Drive
overlooking the Charles River
(adjacent to the MicroCenter and Trader Joe's)
ALL AGES WELCOME
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Book a room for $109: The Courtyard is offering an unheard of $109 rate for Club Caribé attendees! Based on Availability. Call the hotel and mention SalsaBoston/Club Caribe.

Havana Fridays and Saturdays in Cambridge

This weekend Live Music returns to Havana Club as Rumba Na Ma, who always play a very danceable mix of salsa, merengue, and cha cha (short!) songs, takes the stage for Saturday Night Salsa. If you love live music, you know what to do: tell/bring your friends and get ready for an amazing evening of dancing to live music!
Friday Night Salsa, of course, is just an incredible force of nature, a wonderful crush of salsa humanity, that will rock on this Friday. Come on by!
So there's something for everyone this weekend: if you love the buzz of a packed party - and dancing to DJ'd music - with 300+ people, come Friday; if you like a little more space in which to dance - and the vibe of live music - with 250+ people, we'll see you Saturday!

This week's parties:
• November 20th: Friday Night Salsa in Central Sq - Big fun w. 300+ people
• November 21st: Saturday Night Salsa in Central Square - w. the Rumba Na Ma Band!- and 250+ people
Photos and Videos from last week's parties can be seen online at http://HavanaClubSalsa.com

Boston's Swing Dancing scene since 1994! New England's best swing and blues bands and orchestras every Friday night at the Swing City Ballroom at the Somerville City Club. All ages welcome. Free lessons from 7:30-8:45, and dancing until 1am. Full bar, 21+ to drink.

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Masacote Winter Session Schedule

Jan

12

Dance your way to a new YOU in 2010! There's no time like the new year to get more active, fit, and social! Join the Masacote School with Ana & Joel Masacote and staff as the new session starts up Tuesday, January 12. Classes are held Tuesdays and Thursdays 8-10:30pm. Special 20% discount for couples and students. Start today and take the whole January session for as low as $59!

** Not sure what class is right for you? We will be having a FREE EVALUATION Session January 10th at 12:30pm in Cambridge. Contact us to attend and get the location: infomasacote@gmail.com

The Masacote School has Dedicated, Experienced Staff ready to help you grow in your dancing. We have Targeted Goals and a Structured Syllabus to help you start with the fundamentals right from the beginning. New Sessions at the start of every month. Our focus is to build you as a well rounded social dancer. We focus on fundamental technique, timing, musicality and understanding, partnering, following skills, leading skills, footwork repertoire, movement building, spin drills, balance control, and everything in between. But above all else, we like to have fun doing it! See it for yourself!

Body Mechanics and Styling for Ladies, the weekly class, will be starting Monday, January 18th. By request, the first Winter Session for the Ladies' class will focus on SPINNING & CENTERING. Classes are Mondays from 7:10pm- 8:10pm at Jose Mateo's Ballet Theatre. Stay tuned for more details!

JOIN JOHNNY AND KELLY FOR SOME 'ON 1' FUN!

BEGINNER: Tuesdays at 7:00pm- 8:30pm, starting January 12th
Jose Mateo's Ballet Theatre in the Old Cambridge Baptist
Church (1151 Massachusetts Ave.)
400 Harvard St. in Cambridge, Studio 3
(Church faces Mass. Ave., near intersection with Harvard St.)
(Studio entrance on the side facing the Inn at Harvard.)
Near the Harvard Square T stop on the Red Line
Street parking or parking lot pass ($5) available from Kelly
or the Front Desk.

BEGINNER: Thursdays at 8:00pm- 9:30pm, starting January 14th
Dance Complex
536 Mass. Ave. in Cambridge, Studio 5
Near the Central Square T stop on the Red Line
Public parking lots or street parking available ADVANCED
BEGINNER: Mondays at 8:30pm- 10:00pm, starting January 11th
Jose Mateo's Ballet Theatre in the Old Cambridge Baptist
Church
Studio 2
(See above for details.)

The Purpose of this Session is to help you improve your salsa dancing skills significantly in a small, fun, and intensive setting. You will be sure to get more individual attention, and a curriculum that’s based primarily on your needs. This will be a great experience!!
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Program Details
Start Date January 12th
End Date: February 16th

Added Benefits
- Free Raffles - Club Passes and Salsa CD's, each week.
- You can record what you have learned after each class.
- $40 Privates, (Full session students only).
- Meet new people and make new friends.
- Great & fun Instructors.